Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Needless to say that Priyanka Chopra is one the most notable stars of the world today, thanks to her stint in Hollywood. However, with popularity comes open criticism. Just after Priyanka was criticised for wearing short dress while meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin, the actress was again trolled for her post on Holocaust Memorial. Priyanka shared a selfie with her brother Sidharth from Holocaust Memorial and captioned it, “Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Siddharth and I being tourists. There is such an eerie silence here.” In no time, she was called insensitive and trolled by netizens, prompting PeeCee to delete the photos.

Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Abhijeet Bhattacharya has often been in the midst of controversy, thanks to his comments on social media. Recently, Abhijeet’s Twitter handle was suspended due to his offensive tweets, especially against women. "Account Suspended: This account has been suspended...," stated the message from Twitter on his handle. Abhijeet again signed up on Twitter, and the site suspended his account again. It seems like the micro-blogging site is in no mood to entertain any sexist comments on the platform. However, in protest, his friend Sonu Nigam also quit Twitter and stated his anger in a series of tweets before leaving the platform.

Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Paresh Rawal kicked up a row with remark that writer Arundhati Roy should be tied to an army jeep. It was in reference to an incident in Kashmir where a man was used as a shield by security personnel to prevent a mob from attacking them. “Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy,” he had tweeted. Despite cooking up a controversy, the veteran actor remained unapologetic. "I expected this kind of reaction from liberal minded people. I just want to know when Arundhati Roy was talking about army people, why no one said anything? If she is right, then even I am right. If she regrets making the comments, then I also regret. Agreed that this is fake news, but what about the comments that she made on 2002 Godhra riots? If you have freedom of expression then even I have it,” he said.

Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Sonu Nigam didn't mince words when he tweeted about azaan from a nearby mosque disturbing his sleep. The singer tweeted, “God bless everyone. I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India.” Soon after this tweet, Sonu found himself in midst of controversy. Sonu even had himself tonsured by a celebrity hairstylist at a press conference. However, the singer stood by his statement. He later tweeted, “Dear everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I stand by my statement that loudspeakers should not be allowed in Mosques & Temples. Period.”

Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Kangana Ranaut can definitely be called controversy's favourite child. After Karan Johar slammed her, Ketan Mehta, who was making Rani of Jhansi: The Warrior Queen with her, accused her of hijacking his project. The actress recently announced her project Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi, that is based on the life of Rani Laxmibai. Ketan told Mirror, “We were in conversation with Kangana for one and a half years and worked very closely on the project - Rani of Jhansi: The Warrior Queen. We have shared various versions of the script and sketch materials with her. We were shocked when came to know that Kangana was doing it with somebody else and that's why we have sent a legal notice. We were working on this project for 10 years and it was a labour of love. They have hijacked our project and this is not acceptable."

Priyanka Chopra, the new target of social media trolls

Karan Johar and Kangana Ranaut had a public fallout. When Karan called Kangana on his chat show Koffee With Karan, the actress openly slammed the filmmaker for running a movie mafia and flag-bearer of nepotism. Things didn’t end there. Karan accused the Queen actress of playing the victim card all the time, however, Kangana had something else to say. Speaking to Mirror, Kangana said, “What is this about the 'woman card' and the 'victim card'? This kind of talk is demeaning to all women, particularly the vulnerable because they are the ones who really need to use them. Mr Karan Johar, I was playing the badass card, not the victim card.”